DC - Electrical
All three locomotives work
I've spent some time over the past few weeks with the QD electronics cleaner with limited success. I finally took today off and got out my Xacto knife and scraped a bit of carbon from the brushes area of the Bachmann GP50. It now runs pretty well, but I think I will order a new motor for it. That should fix it right up.
RailPro users - How do you think Notching should work?
I've been playing around with my RailPro and although I had some problems getting Manual Notching to work properly, I now have it working.
In my mind, I'd like Notching to work differently.
...so I am posting this to get other users feedback and hopefully have something useful to present to Ring Engineering as a possible feature enhancement.
RailPro comes to the BNML - First Thoughts
This weekend I setup my RailPro controller and 1 locomotive. Overall, I am very impressed with the Railpro system.
Installation was straight forward. Usage and configuration is super easy.
I have a few issues to figure out yet; mostly sound related things that don't make sense, but overall, setting this thing up has been a fine experience.
Temporary Wire management
While I'm wiring under my layout I want to keep everything neat and organized. When I'm done I use cable ties, but while it is a work in progress I still want things kept kind of together.
looking for ideas - wiring miniature toggles DPDT/ SPDT,Etc.
anyone have any tricks to wiring these miniatures? Have my desktop magnifier with light, vise to hold them, and low heat (30W soldering iron) and very small diameter solder The jaws of my vise are long enough that I can put 5 of them in to daisy chain the +'s & -'s but clearances for terminals are really tight (I have always used the standard size toggles).
what i do is: put toggles in vise - nail file each of the toggles terminals then lightly tin, then lightly tin each wire, install in terminal hole and quick reheat & solder
Need Ideas - wiring DC turnouts
Hi Folks -- In the process of wiring typical 3 wire turnout motors- Looking for some ideas - Here's mine, and also some thoughts:
1.) For the Ground wire- a sort of "common Ground " for when their are groups of turnouts in a certain area-- this way saving on wire and improving on "under the table" look - reducing the amount of wire to be run (i.e) In a yard use a common ground and then you're only dealing with primarily running 2 wires instead of 3
Signaling System Consideration
Anyone have practical experience with this signaling control? It looks like it fits the bill well for what I want to achieve.
Good, bad, indifferent?
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